I had hoped that Erik Gartzke's interesting work on "Economic Freedom and Peace" would get a lot of attention, and it certainly has.

First, Drezner pointed to it and made some comments.

Then, R.J. Rummel, a well-known international relations scholar, wrote a stinging criticism of Gartzke's article.

Drezner blogged again about the controversy.

And finally Gartzke has written a (imo thoughtful) reply.

Good stuff.